The magic of radio lies largely in its intimacy, the communion of voice and ear. The ear may be eavesdropping on a conversation. Or a voice is wooing that ear, making a play for its attention, forging ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri. THE PROTECTIVE ...